Community Insider Summer 2018 - Page 29

So, imagine a case where two
owners in the same building use
two different solar contractors, each
with different plans for “Equitable
Allocation”:
Homeowner A is the first to install
solar in a 4 plex, and is ok with 25% of
the usable space, but is taking the south
facing roof even though homeowner A
lives on the north side of the buil ding.
The reason is that panels facing south
can produce twice as much energy,
sometimes more, than a north facing
orientation.
Three months later Homeowner
B now wants to install solar. The solar
company hired by homeowner B learns
that the “Equitable Allocation” written
into the law is not so equitable since
homeowner A already took the prime
roof location for panels.
Here’s the exact language in
the law that more fully describes
the process for determining
“Equitable Allocation” -
“The solar site survey shall
also include a determination of
an equitable allocation of the
usable solar roof area among all
owners sharing the same roof,
garage, or carport.”
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